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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

REALLY excited to welcome Ayla Ruse, a fellow Totally Bound author on this LOVELY New Years Eve!!!!!

Thanks so much for having me,
C.A.! Happy New Year’s Eve. What a great time to brush off the old and get
ready for the new. I don’t hit the parties like I used to, but I still love to
stay up and cheer in the New Year!

THANK YOU! And Happy New Year's to you, too! Come back ANY TIME!

****Bonus: A New Year’s Eve Contest****

Everyone who comments on this post, on this
day (12/31/13) only, will be entered to win a $14 e-Gift Certificate to their
choice of amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com. Why $14? To celebrate the upcoming
New Year, of course! Please be sure to leave an email (with spaces) so I can
contact you. I will choose the winner the EST afternoon on Jan. 1, by using
Random.org, and I’ll make the announcement in the comments on this post.

About Ayla:Before we get to the Q and A, let
me tell you a little about myself. I’m a hardworking, stay-at-home mom and
teacher to three precocious and wonderful boys. I knew my whole life I wanted
to be a published author, but it took me the better part of 40 years to get
there. Now that I’m here, I can’t imagine doing anything else.

I write erotic
romance (currently) for two publishers: Totally Bound and Changeling Press. I
see my future holding so much more in store for me, which is a boon to my
readers as there is still so much more romance to come!

Q. How has your journey in publishing been?
Anything you would or wouldn’t do again?

I like your statement that
publishing is a journey. I’ve never heard it referred to as such, yet it
defines this career most accurately. I’ve been published for nearly three years
now, and it’s been a fantastic ride so far. I have two fabulous publishers,
I’ve written more than a dozen books, and I don’t look to stop anytime soon.
I’m lucky in that I had a great mentor—a best friend who was already e-published,
who helped me navigate the waters, so to speak.

Q. What advice do you have for someone who wants a career in writing?

To
write. Start to finish. Then let someone read it over. Let several someone’s
read it. Hear their criticisms…both good and bad, and make your work better
than it was before.Submit, submit, submit. Rewrite. Edit. Write more. Submit
more. In a nutshell, don’t ever give up. Perseverance. If you want it enough,
you’ll make the time to make it happen.

Q. What other interests or hobbies do you have
outside of writing?

I
home school my three children and take care of my parents, so I’m endlessly
busy. When I do have bits of free time for me,
I love to read (of course), go for walks, and cook. Nothing too fancy, but home-made
dishes that take time and love to make delicious.

Q. Do you have a favorite story of
the ones you’ve written, either published or not? Why?

My favorite story is always the
latest one I finish. Deep in my heart, though, I would have to say my ultimate
favorite is my first one—The Deciding Factor. I put so much into that tale and
speaking of journeys, this story brings back memories of trial and error,
nervousness and excitement, and tears of both frustration and joy.

Okay...enough with the business
questions! How about some fun stuff?

Yay! I love fun stuff. Wha’cha
got?

Q. If you won the lottery, what is
the FIRST thing you’d do? What would you buy and why?

Oh, this is boring, but I’d pay
off the bills. With those stresses off my mind, I’d be able to then have fun
with the money left. Things like buying a new car, a new house, a new wardrobe,
a grand vacation…for starters. lol

Q. When YOU read, what do you like
to pick up?

My go-to favorites are
historical romances, then great suspense/adventure stories.

Q. Tell us one thing about you that
might surprise us...it can be a secret...we won't tell. :)

Yeah, right. A surprise-secret…ah,
okay. I once dated a hacker (and this was before the internet was what we know
today), who took and submitted a rather decadent picture of myself to an
underground European hackers magazine. Ah, those were the days…

***Insert FAVE part! LOL!***

Tell us about that new book!

Absolutely! My latest release with Totally
Bound is Five Courses. Originally
published in the anthology, Whip It Up!,
it is a decadent tale of two chefs who teach valuable lessons to the one who
breaks the rules. Here’s a little more…

Blurb:

Paying the price for
breaking the rules has never been so delicious.

Trent and Mike rule their
kitchen like they do their subs—with firm command and guiding strokes. Only
they haven't enjoyed a sub in months, not since Melissa moved in with them.
She's getting over a broken heart and seems so fragile that they don't want to
scare her away.When the men come home from
their club early one night, they catch her breaking just about every rule they
have in their kitchen. Now the gloves are off.

Melissa, trembling under
their gaze, is given ten seconds to decide her fate—she can walk away and lose
any hope of growing her relationship with these men, or she can stay and submit
to their creative punishment for her misdeeds…

Reader Advisory: This
book contains minor food play, spankings, an erotic version of
red-light/green-light, and interesting consequences involving cookies.

Excerpt:

Mike sank onto the couch with
an audible sigh.

“Nothing catching your eye
tonight, either?” Trent asked.

Mike turned his head and
studied his best friend and business partner. He didn’t answer. He didn’t have
to. They both suffered from the same problem. Wanting a woman they couldn’t
have.

The music pumped loud through
their favourite club, the lights dim except for the stations. Mike crossed his
arms over his chest and watched one sub being spanked, another being flogged
and still another kneeling before her Dom.

“This sucks,” Trent commented
without heat. “I’ve never had it this bad for a woman. I look around and all I
see is Melissa.”

Mike nodded his head in
agreement. “I don’t know whether to thank you or punch you for talking me into
having her rent the middle loft.”

“I didn’t have to talk you
into shit, Mike. She had nowhere to go. You would have offered her the loft by
the end of that night if I hadn’t mentioned it first.”

Mike grunted at the truth in
Trent’s words. That impulsive decision to give temporary aid to a woman in need
had led to their four-storey building being infused with the sights, sounds and
scents of a woman they couldn’t touch. Amend that—wouldn’t touch. In the months she’d been
living with them, she’d shown herself to be trustworthy, fun, spontaneous,
dependable and of course, sexy as hell. Even when she raided the
industrial-size refrigerator in the middle of the night sporting that ratty-ass
robe of hers that covered every inch of skin, all he wanted to do was strip it
off and feast on her delectable body.

Mike set his hands on his
thighs. He liked control. Savoured it. Commanded it. But the constant thoughts
of the woman out of their reach made him antsy, which irritated him to no end.

Everyone who comments on this post, on this
day (12/31/13) only, will be entered to win a $14 e-Gift Certificate to their
choice of amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com. Why $14? To celebrate the upcoming
New Year, of course! Please be sure to leave an email (with spaces) so I can
contact you. I will choose the winner the EST afternoon on Jan. 1, by using
Random.org, and I’ll make the announcement in the comments on this post.

Sunday, December 29, 2013

So I don't play this very often, but I totally should! It's a blast!Chance Collision (Crossing Forces Book Two) will be available for early download in a matter of days!!!!!! January 3!!!!!! So excited! Here's the link!

Pete’s heart
dropped to his stomach and he squatted in front of her, taking both her hands
in his just as her first tear coursed down her cheek. “Don’t cry. Nikki, it’ll
be all right,” he whispered.

Before he
realised what he was doing, Pete straightened, pulling her to her feet and into
his arms. Fitting her against him was natural—even if only for comfort.

Nikki wrapped
her arms around him without hesitation and buried her face against his neck.
She sniffled. Her warm breath tickled the skin above the collar of his
button-down and a tremor shot down his spine.

He rubbed her
back in large circles. Warning bells went off in his head, but he ignored them,
even though he was holding her more like a lover than a witness. Close. Inappropriate.

She lifted her
head and their gazes locked.

Pete promptly
slipped into her wide brown eyes. Liquid
mocha.

She swallowed
and he wanted to kiss her throat.

His eyes slid
to her mouth. Plump. Inviting.

Pete needed to
taste her. Right. Now.

He bent his
head down.

Nikki’s lips
parted, that pink tongue making another appearance. But she didn’t pull away.
If anything, she tilted her face up.

Moved closer.

Pete’s warning
bells blared into full-blown tornado sirens, but when Nikki closed her eyes and
brushed her mouth against his, he soundproofed his conscience and took her
mouth.

Deepening the
kiss, he pulled her even closer, aware of the tightening in his jeans and how
his cock throbbed as her pelvis rubbed his. He rocked on his heels as Nikki
wove her arms around his neck and kissed him harder. Their tongues duelled and
danced, both of them pushing and pulling, giving and taking control. Sliding
his hands down her back, he followed the curve of her shapely firm bottom,
squeezing and kneading.

“Pete, we’re
pretty much wrapped up. Neil said you can expect his report—”

Jared’s voice
jolted him and Pete tore his mouth off Nikki’s. He met the guy’s dark eyes. The
younger detective’s brows were arched as high as they could go. He froze in the
doorway, one hand on the frame as if he had to brace himself.

It took all
Pete was made of not to shove her away from him. Like they’d been caught doing
something wrong.

Blurb:

Vowing to protect her had nothing to do with feelings.

Detective Pete Crane catches a new shooting case and considers it
business-as-usual. But when the lead witness is the Chief of Police’s
fiery assistant, he never anticipated she’d challenge him—personally and
professionally. Especially while under his protection.

Little do they know, the shooting she and her grandmother witnessed was anything but random.Thrown together, their attraction sizzles, even though she’s squarely
in the no-fly zone. She makes him break every rule in his little black
book.

Nikki Harper has been attracted to Pete since they met two years ago.
Witnessing a brutal shooting throws her into a stigma that’s always
been her greatest fear—a victim. She has no choice but to accept his
protective custody and let him help save her and her beloved
grandmother.

Can Pete protect his witness and solve the case, while fighting the intense heat with Nikki?